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you have given israel a possible launch literally in fact few people know that under the obama administration they conduct the question of the palestinian-israeli conflict. the reason why is beyond the politics. you can argue and debate that barack obama from day one made a settlement to the israeli conflict a part of the strategic interest in the united states. he was one of the first presidents to articulate the conflict as an extension of american security interest. on the first day in the white house, the first telephone call that he made was to the palestinian president and he promised to bring about. even the u.s. military would go public and say that resolution of the conflict has an impact on the lives. >> host: i wonder there was a critical development and i wonder if you think that when president obama first made the statement that the issue would be important, that's an old story that's not particularly new but the statement as you said, one of he first to say that this is part of our strategic interest, how much of that do you think he was in fact reflecting in the military view w
you have given israel a possible launch literally in fact few people know that under the obama administration they conduct the question of the palestinian-israeli conflict. the reason why is beyond the politics. you can argue and debate that barack obama from day one made a settlement to the israeli conflict a part of the strategic interest in the united states. he was one of the first presidents to articulate the conflict as an extension of american security interest. on the first day in the...
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few americans know that under the obamas administration has received carte blanche. much more than under bush. that is how much the question of the palestinian-israeli conflict and the reason why beyond the politics really, i mean that we can argue and debate but barack obama from day one made a settlement with the palestinian and israeli conflict a part of the strategic interest of the united states. he is one of the first presidents to articulate a narrative about the arab-israeli conflict as an extension of america's security interest. on the first day, on his first day in the white house, the first telephone call he made was to abbas, president mahmoud abbas and he promised to bring even the u.s. military the first time. the u.s. military went public and said the resolution with the palestinian-israeli conflict had a direct impact on the lives of our soldiers. >> host: now i wonder, that was a critical development and i wonder if you think that, when president obama first made you know the statement that the issue would be an important one, that's an old story. t
few americans know that under the obamas administration has received carte blanche. much more than under bush. that is how much the question of the palestinian-israeli conflict and the reason why beyond the politics really, i mean that we can argue and debate but barack obama from day one made a settlement with the palestinian and israeli conflict a part of the strategic interest of the united states. he is one of the first presidents to articulate a narrative about the arab-israeli conflict as...
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this has been a success of both the bush and the obama administration's. the death of bin laden was the logical conclusion of a campaign that began almost a decade ago of targeting senior leaders. the bush administration got zarqawi and diallo province in iraq in 2006 i think and then bin laden and many of the other leaders have been basically the movement has been decapitated. the problem is that the movement has morphed into a different direction. probably it is nowhere near as dangerous to us now as it was then but as we have seen in yemen in some of these areas these ungoverned areas where they can set up a presence people, and, in that case, from america and they direct its threats not just the local government although that is certainly one of the problems, nor to the shia sect but also to get on airplanes and kill americans here in the homeland. so therefore, there is still a direct threat. it's not the same level as we were on her right after 9/11 but it's still something we have to watch. secondly at the same time, it is a threat to the region as
this has been a success of both the bush and the obama administration's. the death of bin laden was the logical conclusion of a campaign that began almost a decade ago of targeting senior leaders. the bush administration got zarqawi and diallo province in iraq in 2006 i think and then bin laden and many of the other leaders have been basically the movement has been decapitated. the problem is that the movement has morphed into a different direction. probably it is nowhere near as dangerous to...
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even when the obama administration staked out its position, the obama administration r&d narrowed its set of options. president obama has said clearly in its policy. i think it is going to be difficult for him. i don't think he has any interest in shifting the approach even if it comes to that decision that he needs to make if he is reelected to take a military option. where i differ with matt is that i don't think a limited strike is the answer. the reason is -- and this is also why i have concerns about containment, because i think we are overlooking the fact it is the nature of the regime that we are facing right now. it is not just the nuclear activity, it is a broader set of issues. even if we could get to the point of some serious discussion with the current regime in iran, it would be very difficult to take anything seriously that they agree to and believe that we could trust them, given their past about their nuclear activities. just to remind everyone, this is bom3 p$ seprogrlroga!ea aplatt >> north korea has proliferated their technology. it has been an extensive polar crate
even when the obama administration staked out its position, the obama administration r&d narrowed its set of options. president obama has said clearly in its policy. i think it is going to be difficult for him. i don't think he has any interest in shifting the approach even if it comes to that decision that he needs to make if he is reelected to take a military option. where i differ with matt is that i don't think a limited strike is the answer. the reason is -- and this is also why i have...
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." >> you are yet again critical of the obama administration. >> i have never seen a perfect candidate, and i've never had a perfect candidate. i wasn't perfect. i will always speak out, but if you read the article today, and my other utterances, it has always been stated that i'm still on the obama train. and i will explain why -- >> we will definitely to to do that, but for specific think what you address last week was the question of the red line that -- >> not so much the red line. cannot expound? >> tell us what you said last week. >> okay. i was incensed as i believe every american was that what occurred in both egypt and libya. in egypt, the embassy was overrun. by cops. the egyptian cops didn't protect the embassy. and libya the military, libbey military, libyan cops ran away. didn't protect the embassy. and in addition and worst of all was the fact that the ambassador was murdered, killed so to speak. i'm not sure exactly how, whether he was succeeded at how it actually occurred. along with three other consular personnel. that i did not believe that the american response was a
." >> you are yet again critical of the obama administration. >> i have never seen a perfect candidate, and i've never had a perfect candidate. i wasn't perfect. i will always speak out, but if you read the article today, and my other utterances, it has always been stated that i'm still on the obama train. and i will explain why -- >> we will definitely to to do that, but for specific think what you address last week was the question of the red line that -- >> not...
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sheen -- obama administration in former clinton officials there. then he themselves brag about access to the white house and the white house ideologues certainly build that out. certainly he's much more than any of the mainstream jewish organizations for any israeli business and political organizations. it's just very much a cold peace between israel and the united states in the balmy airs. >> host: tell us how you understand leadership given relations with netanyahu and mr. expectations are for the weeks and months ahead. >> guest: first of all, he really miscalculated but a determined leader netanyahu is. he was summoned, his older brother dies rescuing hostages. he himself, benjamin netanyahu was rescued, so he's been a commando. he is the son of one of the most committed zionist scholars, well-regarded scholars, someone who in his tradition, history is personally brave any ideas you might be intimidated by the office of the presidency of the united states is simply silly and someone who at great access to u.s. media. the idea of the obama peopl
sheen -- obama administration in former clinton officials there. then he themselves brag about access to the white house and the white house ideologues certainly build that out. certainly he's much more than any of the mainstream jewish organizations for any israeli business and political organizations. it's just very much a cold peace between israel and the united states in the balmy airs. >> host: tell us how you understand leadership given relations with netanyahu and mr. expectations...
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i found the j street conference in 2000 they had a supreme court justice there in a number of obama administration former clinton administration officials there but he brags about access to the white house and the white house and certainly bear that out. certainly has visited much more than any of the mainstream jewish organizations or any of the israeli business political organizations. it's just very much a cold peace between israel and the united states and the obama years. >> host: tell us how you understand leadership given his relations with netanyahu and what your expectations are for the weeks and months ahead? >> guest: he just really miscalculated what a determined leader netanyahu is. hear someone who brought his -- older brother dies in rescuing a hostage. he himself, netanyahu was injured so he has been a commando. he is the son of one of the most committed zionist scholars, someone who is steve did history and tradition and is personally brave and the idea that he might be intimidated by the office of the presidency of the united states is simply silly. and someone with that great of
i found the j street conference in 2000 they had a supreme court justice there in a number of obama administration former clinton administration officials there but he brags about access to the white house and the white house and certainly bear that out. certainly has visited much more than any of the mainstream jewish organizations or any of the israeli business political organizations. it's just very much a cold peace between israel and the united states and the obama years. >> host:...
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former obama administrator dennis ross is interviewed by philip crowley. this is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. dennis and i have done this a lot over the years and never before an audience. you know, when you are the president's foreign policy spokesman and you are hanging out and have the israeli prime minister and then the chairman trying to reach a middle east peace, you go, okay, what we tell the press? and you say, you can tell them whatever you want except for this and that. and what else is there? [laughter] but now we have dennis ross was out of government. and he is writing a new book. when you think about the next four years, clearly how the united states relationship evolves with iran, whether the nuclear issue can be resolved short of conflict will be among those if not the most pivotal issue facing the president in his second term. in 2009 when you were at the state department as the special envoy forswore wrong, there was a strategy of both engagement and pressure. going back to 2009 there is the engagement that has continued at a certain level
former obama administrator dennis ross is interviewed by philip crowley. this is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. dennis and i have done this a lot over the years and never before an audience. you know, when you are the president's foreign policy spokesman and you are hanging out and have the israeli prime minister and then the chairman trying to reach a middle east peace, you go, okay, what we tell the press? and you say, you can tell them whatever you want except for...
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and when they're resisting evaluation systems, that the obama administration believes are important to be able to drive overall employment and performance nationwide, they're resisting the invitation of the systems then yeah, i think they are protecting the collective interest of teachers as employees. so what we need is we need political -- that's entirely appropriate by the way. it's appropriate for unions to play that role. we need people on the other side of the table, and this gave their emanuel, to stand up to those interests and stand up for the interest of children. in order to get that we need other political officials, other elected officials like obama and duncan not to stay above the fray and say everyone is working to get in a peaceful way but to back people are trying to drive exactly the type of changes at the obama administration has tried to see happen. >> look, i think as president, you've got to understand how to focus, be judicious where you lead and how you about people of the local and state level, unions, mayors, superintendents. i think the president has laid ou
and when they're resisting evaluation systems, that the obama administration believes are important to be able to drive overall employment and performance nationwide, they're resisting the invitation of the systems then yeah, i think they are protecting the collective interest of teachers as employees. so what we need is we need political -- that's entirely appropriate by the way. it's appropriate for unions to play that role. we need people on the other side of the table, and this gave their...
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the obama administration. if they did not agree to rejecting the turkish/brazilian deal and by that forgoing the u.n. security council sanctions, then congress would pass its own sanctions, and that would have created a significant conflict between the states permanent five at the u.n. security council. and keeping a unity within the p5 against iran was a very central objective of the obama administration. congress would have destroyed that unity and instead iran would once again be able to take advantage of the fissures between the p5 members. but he also showed that political space for diplomacy as the obama administration from the outset knew was limited, could not grow on its own. one of the biggest mistakes in my assessment that the obama administration did was that it never actively went out to really argue for diplomacy and create political space for it. make a comparison between what bush was doing and what obama didn't do. the bush -- president bush gave, i think, about 16 speeches, major speeches in
the obama administration. if they did not agree to rejecting the turkish/brazilian deal and by that forgoing the u.n. security council sanctions, then congress would pass its own sanctions, and that would have created a significant conflict between the states permanent five at the u.n. security council. and keeping a unity within the p5 against iran was a very central objective of the obama administration. congress would have destroyed that unity and instead iran would once again be able to...
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from the bush administration, different from the obama administration in terms of dealing with north korea, but in the book i go through the history of these, and in the end they, you know, the packaging was different, but there's a pose positive path on offer which is in return for giving up the nuclear programs, the united states international community provides security guarantees, economic assistance, energy assistance, political normalization, provide money, provide a regional security environment in which north korea could feel safe and secure -- all of these sorts of things in return for giving up their nuclear weapons, but that has not worked. it's failed. it has failed for every administration going back to george hw bush. with the obama administration, we really reached the end of the road with this. many argue the obama administration, at least in terms 6 initial intentions, was the most forward leaning u.s. administration to come into office coming to the north korea problem, and yet it's now in a position indistinguishable from the harder line that the bush administratio
from the bush administration, different from the obama administration in terms of dealing with north korea, but in the book i go through the history of these, and in the end they, you know, the packaging was different, but there's a pose positive path on offer which is in return for giving up the nuclear programs, the united states international community provides security guarantees, economic assistance, energy assistance, political normalization, provide money, provide a regional security...
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now we have the obama administration. we haven't seen any refugees in the oval office, but we have seen a human rights envoy that actually makes north korea and, you know, talk with the north koreans, raised human rights with the north koreans, even though that was a probably relatively short conversation. what do you see as the merits and demerits in pressure situations? >> i think it is great that the obama administration and for instance come up robert king has been able to make two trips or more to north korea. i think that is great. the more that we can open the dialogue with these issues with the north, the better. literally part of what he was doing, as you know, was to try to negotiate a humanitarian assistance package for north korea in terms of food, more than it was to talk about human rights abuses. the fact that he was there was very important. as you know well, the dialogue on human rights is an interesting dialogue. you can tell them that they need to improve their human right situation and the response wil
now we have the obama administration. we haven't seen any refugees in the oval office, but we have seen a human rights envoy that actually makes north korea and, you know, talk with the north koreans, raised human rights with the north koreans, even though that was a probably relatively short conversation. what do you see as the merits and demerits in pressure situations? >> i think it is great that the obama administration and for instance come up robert king has been able to make two...
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has not under the bush or obama administration. one of the things i would criticize the obama administration for, and it's not partisan, just a kind of government management thing, is they talk a lot about soft power or hard power opposed to bush who just used hard power. they have not reformed the u.s. government as much as they should have. it's not a very well-run -- i think people not just a well-run agency, but a development agency, and it's money doesn't go as effectively as it could, the public diplomacy diplomacy not as improved as secretary clinton had hoped. i think the one place where i would be with bipartisan letters urges the obama administration to be forward leaning is in syria where it's a complicated situation, but an ally of iran, a terrible government with human rights and democracy, and it's a strategic envy of ours, and we have to be more there to try to effectuate the government, but they have not done much to try to make it happen. >> what would you do? >> some kind of what we do in libya, no-fly zone, no-dr
has not under the bush or obama administration. one of the things i would criticize the obama administration for, and it's not partisan, just a kind of government management thing, is they talk a lot about soft power or hard power opposed to bush who just used hard power. they have not reformed the u.s. government as much as they should have. it's not a very well-run -- i think people not just a well-run agency, but a development agency, and it's money doesn't go as effectively as it could, the...
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now we have the obama administration. we have not seen any graffiti in the oval office the we have seen the human rights envoy then went to north korea to my talk with north koreans, raised human-rights even though that was probably a relatively short conversation. with the ec as the merits and demerits of each of those approaches? >> guest: at think it's great that the obama administration has been able to make a trip to north korea, two trips are more. i think that's great. the more we can open a dialogue on these sorts of issues the better. admittedly part of what he was doing was to try to negotiate a humanitarian assistance package in terms of food more than it was to talk about human rights abuses. the fact that he was there i think is very important. the dialogue with the north koreans on human rights this kind of ridiculous. you can tell them you need to improve your human rights situation, and their response will be -- and we have had this conversation. their response will be, well, you, the united states, have h
now we have the obama administration. we have not seen any graffiti in the oval office the we have seen the human rights envoy then went to north korea to my talk with north koreans, raised human-rights even though that was probably a relatively short conversation. with the ec as the merits and demerits of each of those approaches? >> guest: at think it's great that the obama administration has been able to make a trip to north korea, two trips are more. i think that's great. the more we...
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obamaments a palestinian state. he was decisively rebuked in the first year and a half of the administration not persuading israel to have a settlement freeze many less withdrawal from the territory. could next year be different? i fall into the cap of a time of a two-state solution has passed. israel's settlements on the west bank precluded the possibility. there's too many settlers armed and committed to staying there and not clear they could remove them without risking civil war, and there's mild polling majorities in favor of a two-state solution, there's no significant israeli constituency for giving up sovereignty over east jerusalem and a palestinian state without jerusalem as a capital is a non-starter. there's one state between the mediterranean and jordan river, a state connected by a highly developed infrastructure of roads and water pipelines. i'm not sure when the point of return was passed, seven years ago, my first visit to israel, it was plausible to speak of the palestinian state. now did -- now it
obamaments a palestinian state. he was decisively rebuked in the first year and a half of the administration not persuading israel to have a settlement freeze many less withdrawal from the territory. could next year be different? i fall into the cap of a time of a two-state solution has passed. israel's settlements on the west bank precluded the possibility. there's too many settlers armed and committed to staying there and not clear they could remove them without risking civil war, and there's...
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so i tend to think of the obama administration when it took office in 2009 as confronting what i call the legacy of the first george of course george w. bush. obama needed to figure out what he was going to do in the wake of the bush presidency. the other george, less obvious, would be mcgovern. the republicans ever since the george mcgovern campaign of 1972 has been kind of a republican truth that the republicans can fall back on election time even when it isn't necessarily true that the democrats are weak on defense. and the fact that this isn't true shows up over and over again at the time of the persian gulf war the shock and awe of american high-tech weaponry that we saw at the beginning of the war actually was developed in the late 1970's in the pentagon of jimmy carter under a guy with a high-tech background named william perry. democrats and repblicans have both been familiar with issues and the use of force, and it's not a black and white democrats weak on defense issue. so the problem in writing this book was the had all worked aside one another in one administration after a
so i tend to think of the obama administration when it took office in 2009 as confronting what i call the legacy of the first george of course george w. bush. obama needed to figure out what he was going to do in the wake of the bush presidency. the other george, less obvious, would be mcgovern. the republicans ever since the george mcgovern campaign of 1972 has been kind of a republican truth that the republicans can fall back on election time even when it isn't necessarily true that the...
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now we have the obama administration we haven't seen that the refugees in the oval office but we have seen an envoy that actually went to north korea and talked with the north koreans and raised human-rights with them all the wood was a relatively short conversation. what do you see as the merits of those approaches? >> i think it's great that the administration has been able to make a trip to north korea, i think that's great. the more we can open the dialogue with these issues with the north the better. i think part of what he was doing well was to try to negotiate a humanitarian assistance package in terms of food more than the human rights abuses but the fact that he was there i think was important. as you know the dialogue with the north koreans on human rights is kind of a ridiculous dialogue because you can tell them you need to improve your human rights situation and the response to you will be and we've had this conversation at the official level the response will be you the united states have human rights problems, too. that isn't a considerable discussion, so i think what p
now we have the obama administration we haven't seen that the refugees in the oval office but we have seen an envoy that actually went to north korea and talked with the north koreans and raised human-rights with them all the wood was a relatively short conversation. what do you see as the merits of those approaches? >> i think it's great that the administration has been able to make a trip to north korea, i think that's great. the more we can open the dialogue with these issues with the...
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do you believe that the obama administration and his policies aren't taking an intimidating enough stand? obviously they are not scared of us. >> this is the mirror image of your point. your point was president obama should say an attack on israel is an attack on the united states. this young man says a narco-the -- reported that one of the generals in the republican army of the air training and just said that any israeli attack against iran's will be interpreted as an attack by america and their military -- american military bases will then be vulnerable to retaliation. >> it doesn't shock me. the iranians, if they were -- that would not stop them from trying to kill and destroy every american. at this moment, they have the means in all probability to deliver a missile, certainty, not all probability, certainly to destroy israel and maybe two or three nuclear bombs could destroy the whole place. they don't have that capability with respect to the united states but once they have it, i have no question but they would use it. >> if israel attacks, believe the iranians will attack us. we s
do you believe that the obama administration and his policies aren't taking an intimidating enough stand? obviously they are not scared of us. >> this is the mirror image of your point. your point was president obama should say an attack on israel is an attack on the united states. this young man says a narco-the -- reported that one of the generals in the republican army of the air training and just said that any israeli attack against iran's will be interpreted as an attack by america...
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, obama administration. where are you going -- were i going to get this money to build all those additional ships? and, where are you going to get the sailors quote your increase in utah by increasing the marines and the army to stop the downsizing. and navy has been downsizing for quite a while but where are you going to get the sailors commend all those additional ships? you know, you want to double the shipbuilding budget. >> first of all, my understanding is that when john, john lehman laid out a very, very specific plan, there were two elements the governor has already spoken about, and another element that is being considered. the two that were spoken about were, first of all, the 15 ships a year. and second of all, this three submarines a year. so the rest of it is what we were, would consider. i mean, these are objectives, number one. number two is the question of how you move the money around. and when you move the money and where you take the additional money that is, you know, we predict we would
, obama administration. where are you going -- were i going to get this money to build all those additional ships? and, where are you going to get the sailors quote your increase in utah by increasing the marines and the army to stop the downsizing. and navy has been downsizing for quite a while but where are you going to get the sailors commend all those additional ships? you know, you want to double the shipbuilding budget. >> first of all, my understanding is that when john, john...
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so, they are underestimating the obama administration because militarily in the use of force the obama administration has been far more aggressive in many ways than the bush administration was. far more aggressive. if you look at -- i mean, remember it was the republicans that castigated him for saying that he found out that osama bin laden or in pakistan that he would go into pakistan unilaterally. what happened, right? so, i think people are assuming somehow obama is going to be easier in the long term. they will come around to the view that this is serious, but i also think there is a very realistic view that it's not likely and then we have that ignition point that we have to look at what happened at that point. so that makes sense. >> i think we need to think about it. it is very destabilizing situation not only because of proliferation, but because the israelis reduced to choosing between the long-term warning are taking a big risk and i don't think they would want to check the big risk because at wasn't morning. this is one of the reasons there is a negotiated solution because i
so, they are underestimating the obama administration because militarily in the use of force the obama administration has been far more aggressive in many ways than the bush administration was. far more aggressive. if you look at -- i mean, remember it was the republicans that castigated him for saying that he found out that osama bin laden or in pakistan that he would go into pakistan unilaterally. what happened, right? so, i think people are assuming somehow obama is going to be easier in the...
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and i think that the obama administration, we've really reached the end of the rope in terms of those because i think many would argue the obama administration in terms of its initial intention was probably the most forward leaning u.s. and most ration to come into office but it came to the north korea problem and it is now in a position indistinguishable from the heart are aligned that even the clinton administration took its time during the two terms. so that's a positive path and they don't seem to want to take it. what can be done in the interim? the most important thing done is to get more information and to north korea. more information and terms of what's going on in the outside world in terms of marketization, in terms of the internet, in terms of cell phone. this is the only way to really make inroads into seeing any change should in the country. from the perspective on the one hand they need economic reform is to say they need money, food producers of things. on the other hand, were machines that this open up, it releases all source of political forces that inevitably lead t
and i think that the obama administration, we've really reached the end of the rope in terms of those because i think many would argue the obama administration in terms of its initial intention was probably the most forward leaning u.s. and most ration to come into office but it came to the north korea problem and it is now in a position indistinguishable from the heart are aligned that even the clinton administration took its time during the two terms. so that's a positive path and they don't...
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obama administration not released all and i would argue that the drones in the airstrikes have not actually solve the problem and they've actually exacerbated the problem the great deal. so not to go on too long, but just let me close with this last scenario. after the christmas day attack 2009, president obama asked his staff to imagine what would happen if al qaeda had been successful and i think that's a very good exercise. and if today al qaeda were able to carry out an attack, even a fairly small one not on the scale of september 11th, but on the scale of christmas day 2009, with the u.s. respond? many people, put myself into a large-scale renovation of yemen would be mistaken that the u.s. has been bombing them and for the past three years and it really doesn't seem to have had the impact of the u.s. is like it to have. one of the arguments instead is that the u.s. is able to bob al qaeda can keep a credit back on its heels, the al qaeda won't be able to plot complete and launch attacks against the united states. the last three years have shown that is not indeed the case. we've seen
obama administration not released all and i would argue that the drones in the airstrikes have not actually solve the problem and they've actually exacerbated the problem the great deal. so not to go on too long, but just let me close with this last scenario. after the christmas day attack 2009, president obama asked his staff to imagine what would happen if al qaeda had been successful and i think that's a very good exercise. and if today al qaeda were able to carry out an attack, even a...
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, but applied in the context of the iranian threat early in the second obama administration as a force for peace? >> my impression in watching it over the years is that you can't peel off the arabs from the palestinian issue by arguing that there are more important fish to fry in the middle east. i think we've deluded ourselves in certainly that a neoconservative movement deluded itself in the george w. bush administration by arguing that a realignment of the region, toppling of saddam hussein, a complete makeover of the region, a democratization in iraq perhaps would have spillover effects were simply pushed away all the power of the palestinian issue. but i think it is sometimes difficult for americans to understand how radioactive it is at the core of politics in the region. there are many things going on, and you can find any egyptian on any given day is thinking more about what his country's going to be like in the next year and in the next five years than is happening in gaza. but as soon as you bring on, turn onal al-jazeera and he sees what's going on in gaza, it brings it all
, but applied in the context of the iranian threat early in the second obama administration as a force for peace? >> my impression in watching it over the years is that you can't peel off the arabs from the palestinian issue by arguing that there are more important fish to fry in the middle east. i think we've deluded ourselves in certainly that a neoconservative movement deluded itself in the george w. bush administration by arguing that a realignment of the region, toppling of saddam...
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i see with the leadership in action when president obama decided to kill osama bin laden. they were ordering the troops to do it. 24 hours later there is one later that condemned the u.s. for killing one of the greatest leaders. do you know who without the care? which command you, the american? was always sure of the hamas organization in gaza. we were the only one who say i'm condemning the u.s. for arab nations. on the other hand, why sending the troops to kill osama bin laden, the american administration is pressuring israel to sit down and negotiate. with some? with with the same people who prayed osama bin laden with the same people who teach and incite against jews every day. that is so i think you forget to a point where we have to reach a decision, we cannot win the palestinian state. i don't know how many of you have been to israel. but it's almost cost him his room from east to west the proximity issue is very important in building and ntt and our backyard is not something we can allow. it's not like when you say we have a border with canada, with mexico. if you
i see with the leadership in action when president obama decided to kill osama bin laden. they were ordering the troops to do it. 24 hours later there is one later that condemned the u.s. for killing one of the greatest leaders. do you know who without the care? which command you, the american? was always sure of the hamas organization in gaza. we were the only one who say i'm condemning the u.s. for arab nations. on the other hand, why sending the troops to kill osama bin laden, the american...
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the drone strikes in yemen under the obama administration began in 2009. the first drone strike was a mistake, hit the wrong target, left 14 women and 21 children dead. only one person of the dozens who were killed was identified as having strong ties to al qaeda. if you want to get a sense of how successful the drone strike has been in yemen, when it first started in 2009 there were maybe 200 members of something called al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, and they control no territory. today there may be over 1,000 people who identify as members of this group, and they control substantial territory. there was a very good op-ed piece that came out in the new york times on june 13th written by at 23-year-old yemeni activist. it was really a plea to the united states government. the title of it was, how drones help al qaeda. he said, the drone strikes are causing more people to join a radical militants, not driven by ideology, but by revenge and despair. he said, the short-term gains from killing military leaders is miniscule compared to the long-term damage
the drone strikes in yemen under the obama administration began in 2009. the first drone strike was a mistake, hit the wrong target, left 14 women and 21 children dead. only one person of the dozens who were killed was identified as having strong ties to al qaeda. if you want to get a sense of how successful the drone strike has been in yemen, when it first started in 2009 there were maybe 200 members of something called al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, and they control no territory. today...
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prior to joining the obama administration, dr. bernstein was a senior economist and the director of living standards at the economic policy institute in washington, d.c.. finally, we are very happy to have as our moderator, hedrick smith, who was one of the great commentators and authors in the united states on policy and manufacturing and other issues. he is a pulitzer prize-winning former "new york times" reporter and editor and any award winning producer and correspondent. for 26 years mr. smith served as a correspondent for "the new york times" and washington, cairo, saigon, paris and the american south more foreign countries than any of us. [laughter] in 1971 as the chief diplomatic correspondent, he was a member of the to the surprise when team that produced the pentagon papers series. he went to the surprise for international reporting from eastern europe and he was formerly "the new york times" washington bureau chief and chief correspondent. the most exciting thing is he's written this great book, "who stole the american
prior to joining the obama administration, dr. bernstein was a senior economist and the director of living standards at the economic policy institute in washington, d.c.. finally, we are very happy to have as our moderator, hedrick smith, who was one of the great commentators and authors in the united states on policy and manufacturing and other issues. he is a pulitzer prize-winning former "new york times" reporter and editor and any award winning producer and correspondent. for 26...
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what happened in the obama administration, second term obama administration? >> i have no idea. you know, everybody made a great fuss about the president heard on that hot microphone moment when he was talking to the president of russia saying, you know, give me space, i have more flexibility after i'm re-elected, and, you know, it was obviously a foolish thing to be caught saying, but the truth is, the white house said is true, and it is true. it's true for any president. i guess the only question we have to answer is what does that flexibility in the second term mean for this president? especially if he chooses to go into re-election with a vice president who will not after him seek the presidency. a little bit liberating in some ways. i don't know. i've been struck by what i perceive, and as the president of israel, and i am noted as saying nicely, i have more empathy with people who have imp thy with israel, and i think you're right, the president has no empathy, no visceral feeling towards them, but that could cause trouble for us in the middle east, make our lives more com
what happened in the obama administration, second term obama administration? >> i have no idea. you know, everybody made a great fuss about the president heard on that hot microphone moment when he was talking to the president of russia saying, you know, give me space, i have more flexibility after i'm re-elected, and, you know, it was obviously a foolish thing to be caught saying, but the truth is, the white house said is true, and it is true. it's true for any president. i guess the...
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in the case of the obama administration, they became one strike every four days. there have been over at rielle hunter 20 drone strikes, the vast majority under the obama administration and some would say people in the obama administration decided they wouldn't use the bush tactic, which was to capture people and put them in guantÁnamo because that turned out to be very messy. it was then a big debate whether they should have civilian trials or military trials are we to do with the people you found innocent and they've got nowhere to go that it was neither cleaner to just kill people. and the outcry that many people in this country had towards indefinite detention, guantÁnamo, the torture, extraordinary rendition, we don't hear that kind of outcry against an obama administration policy of simply killing people. in the case of pakistan, it seems that there are no good statistics because our government doesn't tell us about these programs, but there are several different organizations that try to compile the statistics. it's difficult because journalists are not a
in the case of the obama administration, they became one strike every four days. there have been over at rielle hunter 20 drone strikes, the vast majority under the obama administration and some would say people in the obama administration decided they wouldn't use the bush tactic, which was to capture people and put them in guantÁnamo because that turned out to be very messy. it was then a big debate whether they should have civilian trials or military trials are we to do with the people you...
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they have a supreme court justice there, number of obama administration of former clinton administration officials there. but then you thought the access to the white house and the white house records certainly bear that out. certainly his was much more than any of the mainstream jewish organizations. bush is very much a cold peace between israel and the united states. >> host: tell us how you understand leadership giving his relationships with netanyahu and what your expectations are for weeks and months ahead. >> guest: first of all, it's really miscalculated what a determined leader that yahoo! is. his older brother dies rescuing and he himself, benjamin netanyahu was injured so he's been a commando. he is the son of one of the most committed zionist scholars, well-regarded scholars, someone who speaks to his history, traditions is personally craves. the idea he might be intimidated is silly. and so it greater access to u.s. media. the obama people believe that yahoo! is simply a foolish scandal and then to double down was before us. but there is no obvious goal to their policies. the
they have a supreme court justice there, number of obama administration of former clinton administration officials there. but then you thought the access to the white house and the white house records certainly bear that out. certainly his was much more than any of the mainstream jewish organizations. bush is very much a cold peace between israel and the united states. >> host: tell us how you understand leadership giving his relationships with netanyahu and what your expectations are for...
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the obama administration had no intention of pulling up stakes. that base is neither vacated nor being vacated was the anonymous but official word from washington. it was a mexican standoff in baluchistan. here's where it provided wiggle room and what was otherwise sort of a naughty situation. noddy with a k. you forget about homonyms. [laughter] when you are reading loud. that's weird. anyway. [laughter] this tiny forgotten strip of land that held the airbase in chance it turned out it did not actually belong to pakistan to a fading quietly signed over the united arab emirates 20 or earlier is any sign of friendship between the two countries. lucia stand, aside from being full of spectacular garden of eden natural wonders, it is supposed be among the most people place on earth, aside from that though, baluchistan is among the few wintry grounds of the foobar blaster, and the bar buster is a bird held in high esteem among hunters from the united arab emirates and saudi arabia and qatar. it is the sport of the arab kings. it has long been the prefe
the obama administration had no intention of pulling up stakes. that base is neither vacated nor being vacated was the anonymous but official word from washington. it was a mexican standoff in baluchistan. here's where it provided wiggle room and what was otherwise sort of a naughty situation. noddy with a k. you forget about homonyms. [laughter] when you are reading loud. that's weird. anyway. [laughter] this tiny forgotten strip of land that held the airbase in chance it turned out it did not...
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the campaign president obama talked about the gold at the end of the war in iraq and we certainly took down the troops but what i discovered in doing the book is actually the administration policy objectives in iraq, the narrow objectives went far beyond taking out the troops that extended to remake the government and creating the power-sharing arrangement that included the failed effort to negotiate an agreement of american forces to stay in iraq. >> they tried to negotiate one and i tell that story so having failed to negotiate the agreement they claimed the credit but initially they did try to negotiate something to keep a modest number of troops initially 10,000 then later 5,000 a whole variety of reasons it didn't work out. but that -- i cover the start of the war and really the end game for the american military involvement. >> michael gordon, you said you covered the entire war for the new york times. at one point they owned a house over there did and they in baghdad? what was that like? >> they've shifted the house but yeah, they had a house. "the new york times" never in the g
the campaign president obama talked about the gold at the end of the war in iraq and we certainly took down the troops but what i discovered in doing the book is actually the administration policy objectives in iraq, the narrow objectives went far beyond taking out the troops that extended to remake the government and creating the power-sharing arrangement that included the failed effort to negotiate an agreement of american forces to stay in iraq. >> they tried to negotiate one and i...
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there isn't that much of a transformation from the bush administration to the obama administration when it comes to the military. and when it comes to the cia. there has just been a little rearranging of the title. so it is the same mindset, some of the same exact people. and it is a reflection of an inability to have a military solution in afghanistan, even with boots on the ground. some people say that this administration, a way of dealing with the war is a whack a mole policy. you whack a mole in afghanistan, then yemen, now they are talking about the huge drones in africa -- i think what is implied in your question is, isn't somebody going to stop them and say this doesn't make sense. on the other hand, it keeps this military complex going, and as long as americans continue to allow it to happen, it will keep happening. >> a soldier has a duty to refuse illegal orders. could you talk about the legalities that are being broken for the soldier, personally, i was concerned about her education process. why people are willing to kill innocent people. they don't seem to have the mentality
there isn't that much of a transformation from the bush administration to the obama administration when it comes to the military. and when it comes to the cia. there has just been a little rearranging of the title. so it is the same mindset, some of the same exact people. and it is a reflection of an inability to have a military solution in afghanistan, even with boots on the ground. some people say that this administration, a way of dealing with the war is a whack a mole policy. you whack a...
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we all know that they pushed many of those republicans to refuse compromise with the obama administration throughout 2011, and the push for big cuts and change of direction in national policy. we see tea party voters waiting in during the course of the 2012 primaries. in a way that i will discuss at the end of my remarks. having reminded you of that huge phenomenon that changed the focus of national debates and created a lot of new energy on a formerly detective right, let me mention how we got involved. vanessa was doing a social paper and noted that it was on the right that a lot of protest energy was happening around health care reform. i was finishing up a book on the first two years of the obama presidency in 2010, and i cannot help but notice that the agenda had been shifted by a remarkable manifestation that i did not quite understand. it was out of curiosity that we teamed up to write an article on the book function tea party. we analyzed surveys, we look at media coverage, we tracked votes in the congress and the national electorate. we also went out and visited and sat in on tea
we all know that they pushed many of those republicans to refuse compromise with the obama administration throughout 2011, and the push for big cuts and change of direction in national policy. we see tea party voters waiting in during the course of the 2012 primaries. in a way that i will discuss at the end of my remarks. having reminded you of that huge phenomenon that changed the focus of national debates and created a lot of new energy on a formerly detective right, let me mention how we got...
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rhetoric aside the obama administration continuing the policy of the bush administration, i want to emphasize that continuing the policy of the bush administration has abandoned the promotion of democracy in iraq as a strategic objective. second, rather than promoting development of institution of government in a democratic framework the current policy also in my judgment a continuation of the previous administration, let me start that again. rather than the promotion, promoting the development of institutions in -- of government in a democratic framework. the current policy is that of supporting the current incumbent prime minister of iraq personally. thereby isolating itself. that is the united states isolates itself in my judgment from the balance of the iraqi political class and indeed from all the regional powers at least on the issue of iraq with the exception of iran. and the u.s. policy seems to be at a minimum to ensure no confrontation with iran in iraq. i would also argue that u.s. policy of continuing to back the current incumbent prime minister in iraq even as his rule has become
rhetoric aside the obama administration continuing the policy of the bush administration, i want to emphasize that continuing the policy of the bush administration has abandoned the promotion of democracy in iraq as a strategic objective. second, rather than promoting development of institution of government in a democratic framework the current policy also in my judgment a continuation of the previous administration, let me start that again. rather than the promotion, promoting the development...
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kill or capture by daniel klandman, this follows the obama administration as far as what they're doing in iraq and afghanistan, how their policies are being pursued and shows a side of the president which indicates that his policies are not that different in many cases from president bush's. also peter bergin's book, the hunt for bin laden, which i'm really just starting now. it details the ten-year manhunt for bin laden which, of course, ended very successfully last may when he was killed. and then dr. johnson who's been a witness before on my committee has a book called a battle for the soul of islam which is an american muslim's attempt to focus american muslims on the war against al-qaeda, against islamic extremism. and can then another book which is world affairs, it's berlin 1961 by frederick frederick kemi was in college at that time, and it describes the behind-the-scenes destruction of the berlin wall -- construction of the berlin wall, and it's interesting to compare those times with what's happening today. and finally, a complicated man, a history of bill clinton. i was ment
kill or capture by daniel klandman, this follows the obama administration as far as what they're doing in iraq and afghanistan, how their policies are being pursued and shows a side of the president which indicates that his policies are not that different in many cases from president bush's. also peter bergin's book, the hunt for bin laden, which i'm really just starting now. it details the ten-year manhunt for bin laden which, of course, ended very successfully last may when he was killed. and...
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a great achievement of the obama administration. a couple months later the concept was extended in a manner that glenn talks about in his book which is a terrific book, i should say. that's the case of anwar al-awlaki, an american citizen, a cleric who was accused not of committing -- although some talk about involvement in crimes, but no evidence was presented. the main charge against him was he was a fluent speaker of english, and he was transmitting, he was giving, offering support for jihadi operations. he was killed a couple of weeks ago, and the general reaction was illustrated adequately in a new york times headline which said west celebrates death of radical cleric. well, it wasn't just death, it was murder along with another american citizen who happened to be near him. and while it's true that -- and there were some who didn't join in celebration completely. almost all of them criticized it because he was an american citizen which makes him a person in theory as distinct from noncitizens who may look like persons but aren'
a great achievement of the obama administration. a couple months later the concept was extended in a manner that glenn talks about in his book which is a terrific book, i should say. that's the case of anwar al-awlaki, an american citizen, a cleric who was accused not of committing -- although some talk about involvement in crimes, but no evidence was presented. the main charge against him was he was a fluent speaker of english, and he was transmitting, he was giving, offering support for...
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great achievement of the obama administration. a couple months later, the concept was extended in a manner that when talked about in the book, a terrific book i should say, that's the case of anwar al-awlaki, an american citizen, a cleric accused not of committing -- although some talk about involvement in crimes, but no evidence presented -- and the main charge was a fluent speaker of english and giving support for jihadi operations. he was killed a couple weeks ago, and the general reaction was illustrated adequately in a "new york times" headline that said west celebrates death of radical cleric. it was not just death, but murder, and while it's true -- and there were some who didn't join in the celebration completely -- almost all of them criticized it because he was an american citizen, which makes him a person in theory as distinct from non-citizens who may look like persons but are not. that's incidentally a core principle of current american law with regard to undocumented aliens. interesting interpretation of the 14th ame
great achievement of the obama administration. a couple months later, the concept was extended in a manner that when talked about in the book, a terrific book i should say, that's the case of anwar al-awlaki, an american citizen, a cleric accused not of committing -- although some talk about involvement in crimes, but no evidence presented -- and the main charge was a fluent speaker of english and giving support for jihadi operations. he was killed a couple weeks ago, and the general reaction...
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and i think in a way it looks that way to the obama administration too. conceptually, what it's done and what it's doing is to turn the glow into, you know, in vietnam there were certain areas of vietnam during the vietnam war that were called free-fire zones were you could just -- where you could just, in essence, fire at anything if you were an american soldier, whatever. .. but he got more publicity than any american general since my car there may be or ike. he then was made partially public on obama's part in terms of the american politics that he was made the cia director, and he has -- so you have not a civilian but a military man being made the cia director ian he wedged himself into the shadow. so there are no profiles. he's hardly written about. he goes up and testify as at the same time what you now have increasingly behind the scene in the 60's to use to call in the shadows. we see the american war going into the shadows and petraeus is part of that. he is a man who relied in iraq and afghanistan on the special operations forces, killer teams,
and i think in a way it looks that way to the obama administration too. conceptually, what it's done and what it's doing is to turn the glow into, you know, in vietnam there were certain areas of vietnam during the vietnam war that were called free-fire zones were you could just -- where you could just, in essence, fire at anything if you were an american soldier, whatever. .. but he got more publicity than any american general since my car there may be or ike. he then was made partially public...
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when the obama administration took over in 2009 the number of drone attacks spiked. the next year 2009 more than doubled. the obama administration refused a a matter of policy to officially acknowledge the cia's drone attacks but in the days following a big debt, they announced that some key al qaeda leader was killed as if the event were an active prodense or a rainbow an remarkable atmospheric happening. it become the recap brags of america's global war on terror. the obama administration had no intentions of pulling up stakes in shame see quote that base is either vacated nor being vacated was the anonymous but official word from word from washington. it was a mexico standoff. provided a little wiggle room in what was otherwise sort of a naughty situation. knotty situation. you forget about only -- when you're reading out loud. that's weird. anyway. [laughter] this tiny forgotten strip of land that held the land it did not belong to pakistan. it had been signed over to the united arab twenty years in a sign of friendship between the two countries. aside from being
when the obama administration took over in 2009 the number of drone attacks spiked. the next year 2009 more than doubled. the obama administration refused a a matter of policy to officially acknowledge the cia's drone attacks but in the days following a big debt, they announced that some key al qaeda leader was killed as if the event were an active prodense or a rainbow an remarkable atmospheric happening. it become the recap brags of america's global war on terror. the obama administration had...
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the obama administration -- this is the new thing that has been happening for a while. they are turning the globe into a pre fire zone. to pick up on general david petraeus, beyond 2009, portrayed in washington, america's savior in iraq and afghanistan and got out of both countries just-in-time but he got more publicity than any general sins macarthur. he then was made -- in terms of american politics, was made the cia director. you have not a civilian but a military man being made cia director and he went into the shadows. no profile the general david petraeus. he goes up and testify as now and then but it is remarkable how he has dropped out of the news. what you have increasingly behind the scenes what in the 60s they called in the shadows. we see american war going into the shadows. general david petraeus was part of that. he is a man who relies on iraq and afghanistan on special operations forces, hunter killer teams and drones. the cia specializes in drones and hunter killer teams and so on and so forth and clearly coordinating with the military. to add to that, o
the obama administration -- this is the new thing that has been happening for a while. they are turning the globe into a pre fire zone. to pick up on general david petraeus, beyond 2009, portrayed in washington, america's savior in iraq and afghanistan and got out of both countries just-in-time but he got more publicity than any general sins macarthur. he then was made -- in terms of american politics, was made the cia director. you have not a civilian but a military man being made cia director...
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and the administrations, the culture of the administration reflects, so you have obama, someone that comes across the people that know him as a sort of movie and indecisive, sensitive, someone that has been the jokes in his presence when he is not the one that is telling them. he's not a constant predictable north star, and that comes through the cultural administration's a lot of those people were in the top because at some point some of it has spent weeks or months working on a decision working on a policy just to have the last minute by one of the advisers that surround obama that had little briefing in the issue and sort of slow been and undo the work of a careful negotiations. it was an ideological motivation. a personal motivation, they don't talk to the investigative reporters. >> host: that's certainly true. let's go through the case studies you talked about. we found this discussion going after the osama bin laden that is refitting to read you have details in there that we hadn't seen before. and this is described over and over again as a national democratic convention. it's
and the administrations, the culture of the administration reflects, so you have obama, someone that comes across the people that know him as a sort of movie and indecisive, sensitive, someone that has been the jokes in his presence when he is not the one that is telling them. he's not a constant predictable north star, and that comes through the cultural administration's a lot of those people were in the top because at some point some of it has spent weeks or months working on a decision...
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in the liberal war of transparency, attorney christopher horner argues that the obama administration keeping too much information from the public. john jenkins, legal journalist
in the liberal war of transparency, attorney christopher horner argues that the obama administration keeping too much information from the public. john jenkins, legal journalist
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so the significance of obama administration is diplomatic defense. so would you give us the numbers for the budget of the state department and the defense department totally together? because i believe that that is the smart way to defend ourselves, by diplomatic. and we're now having more allies internationally than ever before, and we don't deploy troops. we can have allies fighting for themselves everywhere else. the same question would come to southeast asia. would you read into it and see what can we expect to reduce our budget here and improve our presence in the asia pacific with the current trip and in the future, and it's also not working that right now in virginia, in leesburg, the fourth round of tpp negotiation is going on without the asian representatives there. and i think suki is to be here this coming week. so those are all significant diplomatic events. so would you give us the number of the budget totally between the defense and the state department, and i think that's a big, big -- we should say congratulations to president obama a
so the significance of obama administration is diplomatic defense. so would you give us the numbers for the budget of the state department and the defense department totally together? because i believe that that is the smart way to defend ourselves, by diplomatic. and we're now having more allies internationally than ever before, and we don't deploy troops. we can have allies fighting for themselves everywhere else. the same question would come to southeast asia. would you read into it and see...
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this amendment became the basis for negotiation with the obama administration on how best to sanction iran without causing a shock to global oil markets. senator mark kirk who is unfortunately not able to be with us tonight -- [applause] not able to be with us tonight that they flee is recovering well was the primary author of this legislation. .. through its welcome decision to seize iranian purchases starting in july which is a step in the right direction. and the oil purchases starting in july which is a step in the right direction. now the administration has attempted to rely on this ambiguity of its military policy by claiming at every stage that it continues to keep all options on the table. we've seen a talking point will not detour iran. [applause] look, what is needed when it comes to iran is the one thing the administration hasn't yet provided and that is a clear declaratory policy that states what we will do and why. here's the administration's mistake. here's the administration's mistake in attempting to preserve all options it has inadvertently blurred the most important
this amendment became the basis for negotiation with the obama administration on how best to sanction iran without causing a shock to global oil markets. senator mark kirk who is unfortunately not able to be with us tonight -- [applause] not able to be with us tonight that they flee is recovering well was the primary author of this legislation. .. through its welcome decision to seize iranian purchases starting in july which is a step in the right direction. and the oil purchases starting in...
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the second is that many of the states are joining together under initiative that the obama administration has started, to try to establish national standards for education. if you can have that and two at three sets of tests, you can choose among the cost of testing it is going to plummet. the profits for the testing companies are going to plummet as well. if you can do things like that, bigger ways to get the state to voluntarily work together on some of these issues, to the credit of the obama administration and arnie duncan, they are moving farther than i ever would have thought they would've by now. texas is not taking part in the national sandstorm. those are two things i would suggest. there are some things that can be done by a private company better and more efficiently, but they do not include schools. >> we have time for one more quick question. >> maybe this is just a comment. it is something that project content disturbs me about conservatives. that is the fact that the income distribution has really gone out of whack in the last 40 years. the middle-class incomes have leveled
the second is that many of the states are joining together under initiative that the obama administration has started, to try to establish national standards for education. if you can have that and two at three sets of tests, you can choose among the cost of testing it is going to plummet. the profits for the testing companies are going to plummet as well. if you can do things like that, bigger ways to get the state to voluntarily work together on some of these issues, to the credit of the...
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this the nuances of the issue and decided he was going to work with the obama administration because it was in the american national interest to do so. candidly he was not treated well by the senate republican leadership. senator mitch mcconnell said lugar was the lead person but also brought in john kyle, is deputy and so you had a very ungainly arrangement in which both lugar and jon kyl were involved. it seemed the republicans were turning to jon kyl on this even though lugar by most people's admission had a much greater understanding of the treaty, much more balanced approach to the treaty but it was classic lugar that he worked hard on it, he was completely a gentleman. didn't react in any adverse way. worked very hard on the issue. he put together a number of dear colleague letters on this treaty and they almost served as a kind of model of what a senator could do. a remarkable series of letters which just way out what the treaty was. what proponents believe, what critics believed and his view and it was extremely fair minded. the sort of work we sort of hope our lawmakers will
this the nuances of the issue and decided he was going to work with the obama administration because it was in the american national interest to do so. candidly he was not treated well by the senate republican leadership. senator mitch mcconnell said lugar was the lead person but also brought in john kyle, is deputy and so you had a very ungainly arrangement in which both lugar and jon kyl were involved. it seemed the republicans were turning to jon kyl on this even though lugar by most...
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. >> dinesh d'souza talk about what a second term for the obama administration would look like. the president's policies would reduce america's global influence. it is an hour and 10 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. please sit down. i am excited and thrilled to be here. with barack obama in this election year, i think we are dealing with one of the most mysterious and odd figures ever to occupy the oval office. a few days ago i received a phone call. i didn't recognize the area code but the phone call was from kenya. it was actually george obama, the president's half brother. the youngest son of barack obama. he said dinesh, my 2-year-old son is in the hospital. he has a serious chest condition and i wonder if you would be willing to help me. are you at the hospital? he said yes. and the phone to the nurse. so he did and the nurse confirmed that george's son is sick with a chest infection. i would send him a thousand dollars by western union but before i hung up the phone i said isn't there anybody else he you can ask? why are you calling me? he said no. he said dinesh, this ki
. >> dinesh d'souza talk about what a second term for the obama administration would look like. the president's policies would reduce america's global influence. it is an hour and 10 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. please sit down. i am excited and thrilled to be here. with barack obama in this election year, i think we are dealing with one of the most mysterious and odd figures ever to occupy the oval office. a few days ago i received a phone call. i didn't recognize the area...
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we did not see a lot of change from the bush and administration to the obama administration, the obama administration argued that the protection should not extend to the circuits, congress wanted to keep the courts out more than they have when they passed the military detention acts and everything else in 2006 and tried to correct for what they saw as the court trying to extend jurisdiction, they have established a line, i do not see they can't push back against that line and the battle lines that performed at this point. >> i basically agree with greg the obama administration continued, without any change whatsoever. and on the ground, on the question, with new detainee's, the legacy cases are not going anywhere. governor romney would be less shy about expanding the scope of overseas retention operation and president obama has been, the administration has not succeeded, willing down not just numbers at guantanamo, they have at least tried without all the gusto they could have. i don't know a romney administration would try, that is the biggest difference. >> we should feel comfortable
we did not see a lot of change from the bush and administration to the obama administration, the obama administration argued that the protection should not extend to the circuits, congress wanted to keep the courts out more than they have when they passed the military detention acts and everything else in 2006 and tried to correct for what they saw as the court trying to extend jurisdiction, they have established a line, i do not see they can't push back against that line and the battle lines...